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last updated: 2004-05-04 |
The a
toms of an inert gas are in equilibrium by means of an
attracting van der Waals force and a repelling force as result of overlapping electron
orbits. Together the two forces form the so-called Lennard-Jones potential,
which is in fact a curve of thirteenth degree.